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Coprinus macrocephalus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Stroh-Tintling
Coprinus macrocephalus Mushroom
Ref No: 7581
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Grows on plant material/manure

Coprinus macrocephalus (Berk.) Berk.Stroh-Tintling. Cap 1–3cm high, cylindrical to conical at first expanding to broadly bell-shaped or flat, white then grey often buff at centre, covered in coarse fibres which break up into buff-coloured scales. Stem 40–190 x 2–7mm, translucent white. Smell none. Gills white soon becoming black. Spore print violaceous black. Spores ellipsoid, 11–14 x 7.5–8.5ì. Habitat on dung-heaps and rotting straw. Season all year round. Uncommon. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe.

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